Kilchoman USA Small Batch No. 4

Pictures by John Born

Cask type: 65 % Bourbon Barrels / 5 % Oloroso Sherry Casks / 30 % Madeira Hogshead

Age: NAS

Date Bottled: 2.12.2020 & 3.12.2020

Strength: 48,1 % abv

Level of phenols in malted barley: 50 ppm

Number of bottles: 1.260

Bottle volume: 0,75 l

Bottle codes:
SBR 02.12.20 20/185
SBR 03.12.20 20/185

Barcode: 8 92032 04525 4

Market: USA

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With the series of Small Batch Releases for Selected Markets, which was launched in 2019 and discontinued at the end of 2023, Kilchoman showcased its experimental side. Each individual batch was created specifically for individual export markets and demonstrated the influence of different cask types on the maturation of Kilchoman whisky.

The basis of each bottling was an already finished Machir Bay vatting or Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting, i.e. a whisky with 46% alcohol strength, which has previously been matured for 3-5 years mainly in bourbon casks and 5-15% in Oloroso sherry casks. This vatting was then married with an additional special cask.

For the USA Small Batch No. 4 the additional cask was again (like in No. 2) a Madeira Hogshead, only this time the proportion was 30% (i.e. 65% Bourbon / 5% Oloroso Sherry / 30% Madeira) and not 70% Bourbon / 5% Sherry and 25% Madeira as with No. 2.

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